Agriades asiatica

Azure mountain blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Agriades
Species:
A. asiatica
Binomial name
Agriades asiatica
(Elwes, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena pheretes var. asiatica Elwes, 1882
  • Lycaena asiatica
  • Albulina asiatica

Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue, is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica or as Albulina asiatica.

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Agriades asiatica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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